Adam L.
McMath

I'm Adam L. McMath — an arts administrator, writer, cultural architect, and multi-hyphenate artist based in Chicago.

I lead organizations that put artists and their stories at the center. As executive director of Black Alphabet, the world's oldest Black LGBTQ+ arts nonprofit, I help run a film festival that travels from Chicago to Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida, and Uganda, alongside free art-therapy programming. As executive director of Shoga Films, I help produce award-winning documentaries and shorts on Black history, queer identity, and Black–Jewish connection. And as co-founder and executive director of the Jamii Center for Arts & Media, I helped build a creative and wellness home in Chicago's Bronzeville — Jamii is Swahili for community.

I'm the author of Creative Belonging, a book and method about creating your way out of loneliness through art. As a facilitator, that work reaches communities and organizations across the country and, increasingly, past its borders. I'm also a Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame inductee.